US11120733B2 - Display device switched to different driving modes according to gray level - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure is related to a display device, and more particularly to a display device having a pulse width modulation mode and a current mode.
- Electronic devices such as display devices
- display devices have become indispensable necessities to modern people no matter in their work, study or entertainment.
- the consumers With a flourishing development of the portable electronic devices, the consumers not only pursue better electronic characteristics such as higher display quality, higher speed of response, longer life span or higher reliability, but also have higher expects on the functions or the stability of the products to be more diversified.
- the display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a light emitting unit and a driving circuit.
- the driving circuit drives the light emitting unit in a pulse width modulation mode to present a first gray level lower than or equal to a predetermined gray level, and drives the light emitting unit in a current mode to present a second gray level higher than the predetermined gray level.
- FIG. 1 shows a display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 shows the relation between the intensity of the driving current and the gray level to be represented.
- FIG. 3 shows the relation between the duty ratio of the driving current and the gray level to be presented.
- FIG. 4 shows the pixel in FIG. 1 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 5 shows a timing diagram for driving the pixel in FIG. 4 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 6 shows a pixel according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 7 shows a timing diagram for driving the pixel in FIG. 6 .
- FIG. 8 shows a pixel according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 9 shows a timing diagram for driving the pixel in FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 10 shows a pixel according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- substantially as used herein are inclusive of the stated value and means within an acceptable range of deviation for the particular value as determined by one of ordinary skill in the art, considering the measurement in question and the error associated with measurement of the particular quantity (i.e., the limitations of the measurement system). For example, “substantially” can mean within one or more standard deviations, or within ⁇ 20%, ⁇ 15%, ⁇ 10%, ⁇ 5%, ⁇ 3% of the stated value. It is noted that the term “same” may also refer to “about” because of the process deviation or the process fluctuation.
- FIG. 1 shows a display device 10 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the display device 10 includes a plurality of pixels 100 (1,1) to 100 (M,N), wherein M ⁇ 2 and N ⁇ 2, but not limited thereto.
- At least one of the pixel 100 (1,1) to 100 (M,N) can be coupled to a corresponding scan line of the scan line SCL 1 to the scan line SCLM, and a corresponding data line of the data line DL 1 to the data line DLN.
- at least one of the pixels 100 (1,1) to 100 (M,N) can include a light emitting unit 110 and a driving circuit 120 .
- the following may take the pixel 100 (1,1) as an example, and the examples of the pixel 100 (1,1) may be applied to at least one of other pixels.
- the light emitting unit 110 can be a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), an inorganic light emitting diode, a mini-meter-sized LED (mini-LED), a micro-meter-sized LED(micro-LED), or a quantum dot.
- LED light emitting diode
- OLED organic light emitting diode
- mini-LED mini-meter-sized LED
- micro-meter-sized LED(micro-LED) micro-meter-sized LED(micro-LED)
- quantum dot a quantum dot
- the driving circuit 120 can drive the light emitting unit 110 to emit light in a current mode or a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode.
- the intensity of the driving current may be determined according to the gray level to be presented. That is, to present a gray level of higher brightness, the driving circuit 120 may generate a driving current with higher intensity.
- the driving circuit 120 can be switched to the PWM mode when presenting the gray levels of low brightness. In the PWM mode, instead of generating a driving current with low intensity, the driving circuit 120 can generate a driving current with proper intensity and control the brightness by modulating the duty ratio of the driving current.
- the driving circuit 120 can drive the light emitting unit 110 in a PWM mode to present a gray level lower than or equal to a predetermined gray level to reduce color shift. Also, the driving circuit 120 can drive the light emitting unit 110 in a current mode to present a gray level higher than the predetermined gray level with a better efficiency.
- FIG. 2 shows the relation between the intensity of the driving current and the gray level to be represented
- FIG. 3 shows the relation between the duty ratio of the driving current and the gray level to be presented.
- the predetermined gray level can be the 8 th gray level. That is, the driving circuit 120 would be in the current mode when driving the light emitting unit 110 to present the 9 th to 256 th gray levels, and the driving circuit 120 would be in the PWM mode when driving the light emitting unit 110 to present the 1 st to 8 th gray levels.
- the embodiment uses the 8 th gray level as the predetermined gray level, and a person having ordinary skill in the art would realize that the predetermined gray level may be another gray level.
- the predetermined gray level may be N th gray level, and N may be ranged from 3 to 64 (3 ⁇ N ⁇ 64), such as 4, 6, 10, 16, 24, 32, 40, 50, or 60, but not limited thereto.
- the driving current can be fixed to a proper level when representing the 1 st to 8 th gray levels, and the driving current can increase with gray levels from low intensity to high intensity when representing the 9 th to 256 th gray levels.
- the duty ratio of the driving current can increase with gray levels when representing the 1 st to 8 th gray levels, and the duty ratio of the driving current can be fixed when representing the 9 th to 256 th gray levels.
- the duty ratio of the driving current can be adjusted according to the system requirement.
- the driving current generated by the driving circuit 120 may have a duty ratio less than 100%.
- the driving current may also have different intensities when presenting different gray levels according to the system requirement. That is, the light emitting unit 110 may also be driven with a variable driving circuit in the PWM mode.
- FIG. 4 shows the pixel 100 (1,1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the driving circuit 120 may include a driving thin film transistor (TFT) 121 , an emission control TFT 122 , a scanning TFT 123 , a reset TFT 124 , a compensation TFT 125 , a compensation TFT 126 , a capacitor C 1 , a capacitor C 2 , and a capacitor C 3 .
- TFT driving thin film transistor
- the thin film transistor described above may be replaced by other types of switches with the same or similar function(s) and/or connection(s), but not limited thereto.
- the driving TFT 121 has a first terminal coupled to a first voltage terminal NV 1 for receiving a first voltage VDD, a second terminal, and a control terminal.
- the emission control TFT 122 has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the driving TFT 121 , a second terminal coupled to the light emitting unit 110 , and a control terminal for receiving an emission control signal SIG EM .
- the light emitting unit 110 has a first terminal, e.g., an anode, coupled to the second terminal of the emission control TFT 122 , and a second terminal, e.g., a cathode, coupled to a second voltage terminal NV 2 for receiving a second voltage VSS.
- the capacitor C 1 has a first terminal coupled to the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 , and a second terminal.
- the scanning TFT 123 has a first terminal coupled to a data line DL 1 , a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 , and a control terminal for receiving a scan signal SIG SC1 from the scan line SCL 1 .
- the capacitor C 2 has a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the driving TFT 121 , and a second terminal coupled to the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 .
- the capacitor C 3 has a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the driving TFT 121 , and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 .
- the reset TFT 124 has a first terminal coupled to the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 , a second terminal coupled to a reset voltage terminal NVRST for receiving a reset voltage VRST, and a control terminal for receiving a reset signal SIG RST .
- the compensation TFT 125 has a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the reset TFT 124 , a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the driving TFT 121 , and a control terminal for receiving a compensation signal SIG CMP .
- the compensation TFT 126 has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 , a second terminal coupled to a reference voltage terminal NVREF for receiving a reference voltage VREF, and a control terminal for receiving the compensation signal SIG CMP .
- FIG. 5 shows a timing diagram for driving the pixel 100 (1,1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the driving process may include a reset operation, a compensation operation, and a scan operation.
- the scan signal SIG SC1 , the emission control signal SIG EM , and the compensation signal SIG CMP are at a high voltage and the scanning TFT 123 , the emission control TFT 122 , the compensation TFT 125 and the compensation TFT 126 are turned off. Also, the reset signal SIG RST is at a low voltage and the reset TFT 124 is turned on.
- the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 can be reset to the reset voltage VRST, and the gate to source voltage Vgs of the driving TFT 121 can be represented as the voltage difference between the reset voltage VRST and the first voltage VDD (VRST ⁇ VDD).
- the reset voltage VRST can be low enough to turn on the driving TFT 121 .
- the reset voltage VRST can be ( ⁇ 1V)
- the first voltage VDD can be 8V
- the second voltage VSS can be 0V.
- the scan signal SIG SC1 , the emission control signal SIG EM , and the reset signal SIG RST are at a high voltage, and the scanning TFT 123 , the emission control TFT 122 , and the reset TFT 124 are turned off. Also, the compensation signal SIG CMP is at a low voltage, and the compensation TFTs 125 and 126 are turned on.
- the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 would receive the reference voltage VREF, and the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 would be coupled to (VDD-
- the reference voltage VREF can be, for example but not limited to, 4 V. Consequently, the gate to source voltage Vgs of the driving TFT 121 can be represented as ( ⁇
- the emission period is the period when the emission control signal SIG EM is at the low level to turn the emission control TFT 122 on, and the light emitting unit 110 emits light.
- the compensation signal SIG CMP and the reset signal SIG RST are at the high voltage, and the compensation TFT 125 , the compensation TFT 126 , and the reset TFT 124 are turned off. Also, the scan signal SIG SC1 and the emission control signal SIG EM are at the low voltage, the scanning TFT 123 and the emission control TFT 122 are turned on, and the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 would receive the data signal SIG DATA on the data line DL 1 through the scanning TFT 123 and the capacitor C 1 .
- the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 would be coupled to VDD ⁇
- the driving circuit 120 can drive the light emitting unit 110 in the PWM mode. That is, the duty ratio of the data signal SIG DATA is determined according to the gray level to be represented. For example, the duty ratio of the data signal SIG DATA may be ranged from 70% to 90% (70% ⁇ duty ratio ⁇ 90%, such as 75%, 80%, or 85%) to present the 8 th gray level, and the duty ratio of the data signal SIG DATA may be ranged from 5% to 20% (5% ⁇ duty ratio ⁇ 20%, such as 10%, or 15%) to present the 2 nd gray level.
- the emission control signal SIG EM can be at the low voltage during the scan operation, the emission control TFT 122 is turned on, and the light emitting unit 110 can start to emit light according to the data signal SIG DATA during the scan operation.
- the driving circuit 120 can drive the light emitting unit 110 in the current mode when representing gray levels of higher brightness.
- the voltage of the data signal SIG DATA is determined according to the gray level to be presented. For example, when the driving TFT 121 is p-type, the voltage of the data signal SIG DATA that corresponds to a higher gray level would be lower than the voltage of the data signal SIG DATA that corresponds to a lower gray level.
- the driving TFT 121 is N-type, the voltage of the data signal SIG DATA that corresponds to a higher gray level would be higher than the voltage of the data signal SIG DATA that corresponds to a lower gray level, but not limited thereto.
- the voltage of the data signal SIG DATA can be held by the capacitor C 2 . Therefore, the scanning TFT 123 can be turned off after the capacitor C 2 has sampled the data signal SIG DATA .
- the pixel 100 (1,1) can perform a hold operation after the scan operation. There may be a gap between the hold operation and the scan operation, but not limited thereto.
- the scan signal SIG SC1 can be at the high voltage and the emission control signal SIG EM can be at the low voltage. Therefore, the scanning TFT 123 would be turned off, the emission control TFT 122 can still be turned on, and the light emitting unit 110 can keep emitting light accordingly.
- the capacitor C 3 can be used to keep the voltage of the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 , reducing the voltage drop caused by leakage currents. However, in some embodiments, if the leakage currents caused by the TFTs are ignorable, then the capacitor C 3 may be omitted, but not limited thereto. Furthermore in some embodiments, instead of coupling to the first terminal of the driving TFT 121 , the first terminal of the capacitor C 3 can also receive the reference voltage VREF or the reset voltage VRST.
- FIG. 6 shows a pixel 200 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the pixel 200 and the pixel 100 (1,1) have similar structures and can be operated with similar principles.
- the pixel 200 can be used to replace at least one of the pixels 100 (1,1) to 100 (M,N) in the display device 10 .
- the compensation TFT 126 used in driving circuit 120 of the pixel 100 (1,1) can be omitted in the driving circuit 220 of the pixel 200 .
- FIG. 7 shows a timing diagram for driving the pixel 200 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the reset operation is performed with the same condition as shown in FIG. 5 .
- the scan signal SIG SC1 and the compensation signal SIG CMP can be at the low voltage, and the data line DL 1 can be at the reference voltage VREF. Therefore, the scanning TFT 123 will be turned on, and the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 can receive the reference voltage VREF through the scanning TFT 123 . Consequently, the variation of threshold voltage of the driving TFT 121 can be compensated in the pixel 200 by performing the compensation operation, and other operations can be performed with the same conditions as used by the pixel 100 (1,1).
- the voltage Vpwm-on may be a voltage level that can turn on the driving TFT 121 , and the voltage Vpwm-on may be optimized for PWM driving, but not limited thereto.
- the voltage Voff may be a voltage level that can turn off the driving TFT 121 , but not limited thereto.
- the voltage VRST may be a voltage level that can turn on the driving TFT 121 , but not limited thereto.
- FIG. 8 shows a pixel 300 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the pixel 300 and the pixel 100 (1,1) have similar structures and can be operated with similar principles.
- the pixel 300 can be used to replace at least one of the pixels 100 (1,1) to 100 (M,N) in the display device 10 .
- the driving circuit 320 can include a reset TFT 324 and a compensation TFT 325 .
- the reset TFT 324 has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 , a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the capacitor C 1 , and a control terminal for receiving the reset signal SIG RST .
- the compensation TFT 325 has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the reset TFT 324 , a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the driving TFT 121 , and a control terminal for receiving the compensation signal SIG CMP .
- FIG. 9 shows a timing diagram for driving the pixel 300 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the scan signal SIG SC1 can be at the low voltage
- the compensation signal SIG CMP can be at the high voltage
- the data line DL 1 can be at the reset voltage VRST.
- the reset voltage VRST may not correspond to the low logic voltage level
- the reference voltage VREF may not correspond to the high logic voltage level. Therefore, the compensation TFT 325 will be turned off, the scanning TFT 123 will be turned on, and the control terminal of the driving TFT 121 can receive the reset voltage VRST through the scanning TFT 123 and the reset TFT 324 .
- the reset signal SIG RST can be at the high voltage
- the scan signal SIG SC1 and the compensation signal SIG CMP can be at the low voltage
- the data line DL 1 can be at the reference voltage VREF. Therefore, the reset TFT 324 will be turned off, and the scanning TFT 123 and the compensation TFT 325 will be turned on. Therefore, the second terminal of the capacitor C 1 can receive the reference voltage VREF through the scanning TFT 123 .
- the pixel 300 can be implemented by fewer TFTs, and the area of the display device 10 can be reduced by adopting pixels 300 .
- the pixel 300 can be adopted by the display device 10 , the display device 10 may further include a signal control circuit 330 for providing the reference voltage VREF, the reset voltage VRST, and the data signal SIG DATA to the data line DL 1 according to the operations of the pixel 300 .
- the pixels 100 (1,1) to 100 (M,N), 200 , and 300 are implemented with P-type transistors, the pixels of the display device can also be implemented with N-type transistors in some embodiments.
- FIG. 10 shows a pixel 400 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the pixel 400 and the pixel 100 have similar structures and can be operated with similar principles.
- the pixel 400 can be used to replace the pixels 100 (1,1) to 100 (M,N) in the display device 10 .
- the pixel 400 includes the light emitting unit 410 and the driving circuit 420 .
- the driving circuit 420 can include a driving thin film transistor (TFT) 421 , an emission control 422 , a scanning TFT 423 , a reset TFT 424 , compensation TFTs 425 and 426 , and a capacitor C 1 , a capacitor C 2 , and a capacitor C 3 .
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- the driving TFT 421 , the emission control 422 , the scanning TFT 423 , the reset TFT 424 , the compensation TFT 425 and the compensation TFT 426 are N-type transistors, the waveforms of the scan signal SIG SC1 , the reset control signal SIG RST , the compensation signal SIG CMP , and the emission control signal SIG EM used to perform the reset operation, the compensation operation, and the scan operation as shown in FIG. 5 would be inversed when applying to the driving circuit 420 .
- the reference voltage VREF applied to the driving circuit 420 can be 1V, and the reset voltage VRST applied to the driving circuit 420 can be 9V in case that the first voltage VDD is 8V and the second voltage VSS is 0V.
- the reference voltage VREF may be ranged from 0.5V to 2V (0.5V ⁇ VREF ⁇ 2V)
- the reset voltage VRST may be ranged from 6V to 12V (6V ⁇ VREF ⁇ 12V), such as 8V or 10V, but not limited thereto.
- the display device can drive the pixels in both current mode and PWM mode according to the gray level to be presented. That is, the driving circuit of the pixel can drive the light emitting unit in a PWM mode to present a gray level of low brightness to reduce color shift, and can drive the light emitting unit in a current mode to present a gray level of high brightness to deliver a better power efficiency.
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